What Your Cat Really Thinks About Your Book Habit

I am a cat owner. I often find myself talking to my cat, asking why she does the things that she does. Her name is Scout. A book came out about her namesake last year, after spending many years in a safe deposit box. The woman who wrote that book recently passed away.

Scout is bookish by nature. That’s the conclusion I’ve come to after asking her what she’s doing with my reading material. Since she doesn’t reply, I can only assume that she thinks I’m doing it wrong. And she is not the only cat out there that feels this way.

When I put the book down, and she comes over to sit on top of it, it is a reminder that the table is for eating. Or that the floor is for walking. Or that the couch is for cuddles. Or the bed for sleeping.